Mop-wringer



Patented Oct. ll, I898.

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ISAAC N. MARQUIS, OF ARGENTINE, KANSAS.

MOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,116, dated October 11, 1898.

Application filed October 16, 1897. Serial No- 655,466. (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo N. MARQUIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Argentine, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-VVringers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in inop-wringers.

The object of my invention is to provide a mop-wringer which may be readily afflxed to or detached from an ordinary water-bucket.

My invention provides, further, a mopwringer comprising a frame adapted to be aflixed to the top of a water-bucket, two rotatable rollers, between which the mop is drawn during the wringing process, one of the rollers being mounted in a fixed position in the frame and the other roller having a swinging connection with the frame, and means-as, for instance, a spring-for forcin g the swinging roller toward the fixed roller, whereby the mop is compressed between the rollers.

My invention further provides certain peculiarities of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of my invention, Figure I represents a side elevation of a water-bucket having secured to its top a mop-wringer con structed in accordance with the principles of my invention. Fig. IIrepresents a top view of the same. Fig. III represents a cross-section of the wringer, taken on the dotted line a b of Fig. II. Fig. IV represents an end elevational view. Fig. V represents a vertical sectional View taken on the dotted line C d of Fig. II. Fig. VI represents a bottom view of the wringer.

In Fig. V the swinging roller is shown in the depressed position, while in Figs. II, III, IV, and VI the swinging roller is shown in the closed position. A

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The frame comprises a plate A, which. when affixed to the bucket is horizontally disposed. A portion of the plate A extends across the top of the bucket, each end of this portion of the plate being provided with a downwardlyprojecting flange B. These flanges are located upon the exterior periphery of the bucket and are provided each with transverse screw-threaded openings, in which are fitted thumb-screws 0, adapted to be inwardly turned, so as to firmly clamp the bucket. When the bucket used has a wired or turned upper end similar to the one shown in the drawings, the screw-threaded opening in each flange B is so located that the screw 0 may engage the bucket below the wired or turned portion.

Upon the under side of the portion of the plate A which is the longest and which extends across the bucketand is provided with the flanges described is a downwardly-projecting flange located upon the outer edge of the plate and extending at each end, so as to bear against the inner periphery of the bucket. This flange D serves to stifien the frame and also prevents the plate A from sliding outwardly off the top of the bucket. This flange is upon the left side or front side of the plate A, it being at the left as viewed in Fig. II. At the right end of the plate A is provided a long recess E, which extends from the right end of the plate nearly to the opposite end thereof. To the right side of and parallel with the said recess E is a roller F, the two ends of which are rotatably mounted in openings provided in two flanges G, which project downwardly from the under side of the plate A. The roller F extends to the left of the right side of the recess as viewed in Fig. II.

Parallel to the roller F and of a similar size and length and located to the left thereof, as viewed. in Fig. II, is a roller H, the ends of which are rotatably mounted in the slots I of the two arms J, respectively, the outer ends of which are secured rigidly upon the ends respectively of a rock-shaft or rod K, which is rotatably mounted in transverse openings extending through two flanges L, which are located upon the under side of the plate A and extend at right angles inwardly toward the recess E from the inner side of the flange D. The slotsI in the arms J extend radially from near the outer ends of'the arms toward the rock-shaft K and permit the roller H to be moved toward and from the rock-shaft. The arms J are swung upwardly from the position shown in Fig. V into. the one shown in Fig. IV by means of two springs M, which are preferably formed from coiled spring wire, the two ends of each helix extending outwardly therefrom at an acute angle from each other. The spring M at the rightend of the roller H has one end bearing against the inner or left side of the bearing of the said roller, so as to force that end of the roller outwardly in the slot I, and the other end of the spring is made to extend through an opening provided therefor in the flange D. The other springM at the left of the said rolleris similarly formed and has one end engaging the other bearing of the roller in a similar manner; but the other end of this spring is partially coiled around the rock-shaft K, as shown in Fig. III. The opening in the flange the floor with the feet. I accomplish this by securing to the lower end of the bucket the outwardly-projecting lugs, (indicated by 0,) upon which the feet may rest during the act of wringing.

My invention is capable of numerous modifications without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mop-wringer, the combination with the frame, of a roller mounted therein, two arms pivoted to the frame each arm being providedwith a slot, a roller journaled in the said slots of the said arms, a spring for forcing said roller lengthwise in said slots and means for swinging the said arms upon their pivoted connection, substantially as described.

D which receives the end of one of the springs M is located below the horizontal plane occupied by the rock-shaft K. This disposition of the said opening and the manner of securing the springs impart to the springs a twofold action, one being to force the roller outwardly in the slots I and the other having a tendency to force the rock-shaft in a direction such that the outer ends of the arms J and the roller II will be elevated.

The right end of the plate A, as viewed in Fig. VI, is provided on its under side with an extension of the flange B at that end of the plate. This extension is given the same curve as the curve of the outer periphery of the bucket with which the wringer is to be used, and its function is to allow the more secure clamping of the frame to the bucket. This extension is indicated by N.

My invention is operated as follows: The

frame is placed upon the top of the bucket, with the flanges B upon the outside of the bucket and the flange D upon the inner side thereof. The screws 0 are then inwardly screwed, so as to force their inner ends into contact with the outer periphery of the bucket, The arms J are then forced downwardly against the pressure of the springs M,

thus forcing the roller H away from the roller F into the position shown in Fig. V and permitting the insertion of the mop-rag into the recess E and between the rollers. M force the arms upwardly and also-force the roller II outwardly in the slots I, so that the mop-rag is tightly compressed between the rollers. The mop-rag is then drawn upwardly out of the recess. This action may be repeated as often as it is necessary in order to cleanse the mop-rag, plenty of water being of course provided in the bucket for this purpose.

In order to securely hold the bucket to the floor during the time the strain is applied necessary to draw the mop-rag through the recess between the rollers, it is desirable to have some means of holding the bucket to The springs 2. In a mop-wringer, the combinatlon with the frame, of a roller mounted therein, two arms swinging upon the frame each arm being provided with a slot, a roller journaled at its ends in the two slots respectively, means for forcing the roller lengthwise in the said slots, and means for swinging the said arms upon their support, substantially as described.

3. In a mop-wringer, the combination with the frame, of a roller mounted therein, two arms swinging upon the frame, each arm being provided with a slot, a roller jonrnaled at its ends in the said slots respectively, means for forcing the roller lengthwise in the said slots, and a spring for swinging the arms in a direction such as to force the swinging roller toward the other one, substantially as described.

t. In a mop-wringer, the combination with a frame provided with a recess extending from one side partially across its length, of a roller mounted in the frame upon one side of the said recess, two arms swinging upon the frame and provided each with a slot, a roller carried by the said-arms in said slots, a spring for swinging the arms so as to force the swinging rolleracross the said recess toward the other roller, and means for forcing the swinging roller lengthwise in said slots, substantially as described.

5. In a mop-wringer, the combination with a frame, of a roller mounted therein, a rockshaft rotatably mounted in the frame and pro vided with two radial arms each arm being ISAAC N. MARQUIS.

WVitnesses:

M. 0. LONG, I DANL. D. HENDERSON. 

